Don’t think it can happen here? “A week and a half into one of the biggest pandemic lockdowns in China,” reports The Wall Street Journal, “residents of Xi’an voiced desperation online about challenges in getting food and medical care.” Here’s a couple of them: “My biggest fear is not lack of food but being dragged […]
Archives for January 2022
PARTISAN PUNISHMENT: Is Biden Withholding COVID Treatments from Red States?
Governor Ron DeSantis is calling on Joe Biden’s administration to stop withholding monoclonal antibody treatments. DeSantis of the treatments, “there is no need for it just to be sitting on the shelves.” The Miami Herald reports: With COVID-19 cases soaring in Florida and the United States, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said that the omicron […]
Biden Is Out of Ideas
The coming year will be one of political paralysis, says Matt Purple in Spectator World. Despite Democrats owning the House, Senate, and the White House, Purple says they’ve run out of ideas, and will stagnate. Build Back Better Dead? Purple starts his predictions for what is likely in the coming year with the premise that […]
Apple: Market Thinks Big is Beautiful…For Now
Yesterday, Apple surpassed $3 trillion in market cap. That’s a lot of iPhones. Did you know that with $3 trillion you could own ALL of McDonald’s, Walmart, AT&T, Philip Morris, Berkshire Hathaway, Procter & Gamble, JPMorgan Chase, Starbucks, Boeing, Deere, and American Express combined? Notes Spencer Jakab in The Wall Street Journal’s “Heard on the […]
VACCINE FIRST IS THE WORST: Fauci’s Anti-Treatment Strategy in Tatters
With COVID-19 running rampant through even the vaccinated today, former congressman and presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul, tells readers that Anthony Fauci’s “vaccine first” strategy for fighting the virus is in “tatters.” He writes at LewRockwell.com: For those of us who value liberty, these past two years have been a bad dream. It seems like […]
DISASTER? Your Survival Guy’s Gas Stove is Broken: Part II
Miracles do happen. As you know from yesterday, Your Survival Guy’s AGA stove stopped working. Not good, and for some background, getting service, is near impossible. The closest guy I have is four hours away. Not exactly convenient and when I ask other companies for service it’s met with “we don’t service AGAs.” So, like […]
WORST EVER: Biden Approval Ratings an All-Time Low
The ratings of Joe Biden’s approval found by the CNBC/Change Research poll are the worst ever for an occupant of the White House this far into an administration. Disapproval of Joe Biden has reached 56%. Americans are especially unhappy with Biden’s handling of the economy. Thomas Franck reports for CNBC: President Joe Biden’s disapproval rating hit a […]
No Spike in Deaths As Omicron Peaks in South Africa
There appears to have been no spike in deaths caused by the Omicron variant in South Africa. Joseph Choi reports in The Hill: A study out of South Africa found the country may have already passed the peak of it omicron-fueled surge in cases of the coronavirus, with data suggesting the variant has not caused a corresponding jump […]
Biden “Failing at a Geometric Rate”
Every day seems to elicit more evidence that Joe Biden’s capacity for running America is diminishing. Victor Davis Hanson suggests it’s failing at “a geometric rate.” Hanson suggests that Biden should go, but that America is hesitant to make that decision because leaders have so rarely been asked to depart the White House. Where Is […]
DISASTER? Your Survival Guy’s Gas Stove is Broken
Happy first Monday of 2022. Your Survival Guy’s gas stove is broken. Not a great way to start the week. But the good news is there’s still natural gas. We have heat. This isn’t like the disaster a few years ago where we lost heat on the coldest day of the year due to a […]